Carolina
/ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/
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British/ˌkaɹəˈlɑjnə/
Carolina proper noun: a female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
Proper noun
Carolina (countable and uncountable, plural Carolinas)
- A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
- Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
- I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
- These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in...2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN
- A town in Alabama.
- A village and census-designated place in the towns of Charlestown and Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
- A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
- A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
- A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
- A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Forms of Carolina
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Origin of Carolina
From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
Words formed from Carolina
Phrases with Carolina
- Carolina rig
- Carolina blue
- Carolina dogs
- Carolina pink
- Carolina rigs
- Carolina wren
- East Carolina
- West Carolina
- Carolina ducks
- Carolina pinks
- Carolina roses
- Carolina Squat
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- Carolina style
- Carolina wrens
- Carolina Reaper
- Carolina bugbane
- Carolina burgers
- Carolina Reapers
- Carolina allspice
- Carolina parakeet
- Carolina allspices
- Carolina chickadee
- Carolina parakeets
- Carolina chickadees
- North Carolina pine
- North Carolina slaw
- Carolina cranesbills
- Carolina tiger beetles
- North Carolina coleslaw
- North Carolina stratagem
- Carolina metallic tiger beetles
Words that rhyme with Carolina
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Questions about Carolina
- What does Carolina mean?
- Carolina means a female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
- What part of speech is Carolina?
- Carolina is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Carolina?
- Carolina is pronounced /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/ (UK).
Words near Carolina in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Carolina (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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